Each week this season we'll tap into the minds of some of college football's best players from over the years in our weekly Exit Poll. This week, Sporting News asks: Can Miami hang with FSU this weekend in one of college football’s fiercest rivalries?

They also pick their coach of the year at this point and rank their top five teams.

1. Week 10’s big game is between two unbeatens: Miami and FSU. Can the Hurricanes hang with the Seminoles in this one?

Anthony McFarland: Florida State is a much better team than Miami and, on top of that, the Seminoles have Jameis Winston. So no—FSU over will win big over Miami.

Jake Plummer: The Canes will not be able to hang with FSU in this one. The Seminoles are playing good ball offensively and defensively and their leader, Jameis Winston, is having a Heisman year.

Butch Woolfolk: When the talent level is the same, like in the Miami vs. Florida State game, the edge in coaching factors in the most along with home-field advantage. With the game being in Tallahassee, FSU will win a close one.

Jared Zabransky: No. This game is going to be more of a lopsided score than the Clemson game (51-14 FSU win). Florida State will again display dominance on both sides of the ball. There is only one team in the country that can match up physically with FSU and it isn't Miami. Winston is playing at too high of a level and FSU's defense is too good.

2. If the season ended after Week 9, which coach is your National Coach of the Year?

Zabransky: This has to be between two coaches—Jimbo Fisher and Mark Helfrich. You could argue that both coaches were set up for success. But this, especially in athletics, can be harder than the opposite of turning a poor team into a good one. My vote is for Helfrich. He is an Oregon native and has also been a BSU Bronco at one time in his football life, not to mention this is his first year as a collegiate head coach.

McFarland: Jimbo Fisher. And I've been one of his biggest critics.

Woolfolk: Art Briles at Baylor. The Bears have their highest rankings in 60 years. Briles has created magic in Waco, Texas, where he has built a team out of leftover talent from the state, having to compete in recruiting with the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and even nearby Oklahoma and LSU. Averaging 63 points a game—scoring 70 points four different times—needs to be respected.

3. Where do you stand on the targeting rule?

Zabransky: I believe the rules implemented to make the game safer are definitely a good thing. I think the punishment needs to be reexamined though.

Woolfolk: The intent of the targeting rule is good for college football as a basis for protecting the players, but the actual application of it has one big flaw. The NCAA has taken the radical step of forbidding its replay officials from reversing erroneous calls by the refs.

McFarland: This is football. If you don't want to be hit, play the piano. I understand safety but that's why you have pads and a helmet. I don't like the targeting rule.

Plummer: I believe that players that use the crown of their helmets should be penalized but not thrown out of the game. If it happens more than once then that player should be ejected.

Our Exit Poll panelists:

Anthony "Booger" McFarland

McFarland was a first-team SEC and All-American noseguard in 1998 for the Tigers. The 15th overall pick out of LSU in 1999, McFarland won a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers and Colts. He hosts an afternoon sports talk show from 3-7 ET on 98.7 The Fan in Tampa and also is a host on Sirius XM NFL Radio. Follow him on Twitter at @lsubooger.

Jake Plummer

Arizona State's third all-time leading passer with 8,626 yards and 65 TDs, Plummer was the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 1996. He went on to a 10-year NFL career and reached the Pro Bowl in 2005 with Denver. You can find him working in studio for the Pac-12 Network when he's not offering one-on-one QB instruction to college and high school players or spending time with his wife and two sons.

Butch Woolfolk

Woolfolk led Michigan in rushing in 1979, '80 and '81. He's sixth on the Wolverines all-time list with 3,850 rushing yards and scored 29 times. He was the 1981 Rose Bowl MVP. He also was a multiple Big Ten champion in track and field and still holds the outdoor 200-meter record at Michigan (20.59 seconds) and is fourth in the 100 (10.36). A first-round NFL pick in 1982, he played seven seasons in the NFL and is now semi-retired.

Jared Zabransky

Boise State's second all-time leading passer with 8,256 yards and 58 TD passes, Zabransky was right in the middle of Sporting News' No. 2 play on our list of Defining BCS Moments. In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Zabransky perfectly executed the Statue of Liberty play on a 2-point conversion in overtime for the Broncos' stunning victory over Oklahoma that gave non-BCS teams a new level of respect. He works for National Oilwell Varco and works with young quarterbacks on weekends in the Houston area.